Some decomposable continua and Whitney levels of their hyperspaces

Abstract

We introduce the new class of continua; $D^{**}$-$continua$. The classes of Wilder continua and $D^{*}$-continua are strictly contained in the class of $D^{**}$-continua. Also, the class of $D$-continua is bigger than the class of $D^{**}$-continua. Using $D^{**}$-continua, we give the negative answer to a Question. Furthermore, we prove that being Wilder, being $D$, being $D^*$ and being $D^{**}$ are Whitney properties.